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His writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellectual inquiry to the present period , and disposing the results in a compendious , connected , and tangible shape ; but books ...
His writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellectual inquiry to the present period , and disposing the results in a compendious , connected , and tangible shape ; but books ...
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A number of mole - hills do not make a mountain , though a mountain is actually made up of atoms : so moral truth must present itself under a certain aspect and from a certain point of view , in order to produce its full and proper ...
A number of mole - hills do not make a mountain , though a mountain is actually made up of atoms : so moral truth must present itself under a certain aspect and from a certain point of view , in order to produce its full and proper ...
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A number of mole - hills do not make a mountain , though a mountain is actually made up of atoms : so moral truth must present itself under a certain aspect and from a certain point of view , in order to produce its full and proper ...
A number of mole - hills do not make a mountain , though a mountain is actually made up of atoms : so moral truth must present itself under a certain aspect and from a certain point of view , in order to produce its full and proper ...
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nay in general , too tightly strained , so as frequently to do harm instead of good : but the present question is whether we can , with safety and effect , be wholly emancipated from them ? Whether we should shake them off at pleasure ...
nay in general , too tightly strained , so as frequently to do harm instead of good : but the present question is whether we can , with safety and effect , be wholly emancipated from them ? Whether we should shake them off at pleasure ...
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... sense , spirit , and style with the dust and cobwebs of an obscure solitude . The best of it is , he thinks his present mode of expressing himself perfect , and that whatever may be objected 26 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... sense , spirit , and style with the dust and cobwebs of an obscure solitude . The best of it is , he thinks his present mode of expressing himself perfect , and that whatever may be objected 26 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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